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I encourage you to change something routine about yourself. It could be the walking with your daughter or even taking a few minutes to breathe in the car before you drive off to work. Stress sometimes won't let you lose weight. It doesn’t matter exactly what you change, just make yourself uncomfortable by doing something out of the norm and the weight will come off. The reason why we want to change something routine is because we want to stimulate our mind to become more focus and motivated. Once you change something routine, you will find that it’s very stimulating and you will be much happier.

During my visits I always felt that I was treated very well. The staff is amazing specially Bariatric Dietitian - Melissa Sullivan and Physician Assistant - Jason Reese. I would absolutely recommend this Dr. Barba to my family and friends. I felt my lap band surgery was an amazing success! BTW - They are also bi-lingual for any Spanish speaking patients.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut Bariatric Support Group Date: Thursday - 2/5/2009 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: New Britain General Campus 100 Grand Street New Britain, CT 06050 The meetings will be held the 1st Thursday of the month from 6:30-8:00pm and will be held in a conference room on the 1st floor of the hospital. Direction cards are available at the information desk upon entering the hospital. Parking is validated. The meetings will be run by various moderators – Paula O’Neil (nurse coordinator), Melissa Santos (psychologist), May Harter (Dietitian), Kara Moscato (Dietitian). Contact: 860-224-5453 Everyone is welcome from PRE to POST Ops.

I usually slime when I eat too much or too fast. I have been soda free for two years now. I have been learning to stop more often that before each week. I can actually feel the sensation now. Thanks for replying.

Hi All, I‘m really trying not to be so dependent on my lap-band but I actually gain weight in October and November. So my doctor gave me a good fill about 3 weeks ago. I'm currently sliming regularly but I'm losing weight now. I know I need to chew my food better and exercise a little harder but is there any long term effect for sliming every other day??

The Bariatric Support Group will meet the 1st Thursday of every month in Lecture Room 1. Date: Thursday - 1/8/2009 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location: New Britain General Campus 100 Grand Street New Britain, CT 06050 Contact: 860-224-5453

How about White Plains or Tarrytown, NY? It's called Westchester County, New York’s “Golden Apple” There are malls, shopping center and spas plus they also have an airport. Trains running from all over Westchester County into the Big Apple. Metro-North Railroad & Amtrak from Westchester County to New York city run on three lines every 30 minutes. I used to live in NYC. My old NYC employer usually picked Westchester County or Las Vegas for meetings and conferences. You can't get a nice room for $100 in NYC nor NJ. You have to spend at least $150. For more info: Westchester County Office of Tourism - Home

From nothing to 30 minutes in 8 weeks Whatever your level of fitness you should comfortably be able to build from nothing to running continuously for 30 minutes in the space of eight weeks. All you need to do is make a commitment to run at least three times a week and follow this simple run/walk programme which will gradually ease you towards the goal. A few things to bear in mind: Allow at least a day between runs when you begin. If in doubt, slow down. You should be able to hold a conversation while you run. Respecting your body is the best route to progression. Walk purposefully, and be strict with your run/walk timings. Don’t be afraid to repeat a week, or drop back a week. Everyone’s different. Take heart! You will get there! The schedules Week 1 Run one min, walk 90 seconds. Repeat eight times. Do three times a week. Week 2 Run two mins, walk one min. Repeat seven times. Do three times a week. Week 3 Run three mins walk one mins. Repeat six times. Do three times a week. Week 4 Run five mins, walk two mins. Repeat four times. Do three times a week. Week 5 Run eight mins, walk two mins. Repeat three times. Do three times a week. Week 6 Run 12 mins, walk one min. Repeat three times. Do three times a week. Week 7 Run 15 mins, walk one min, Run fifteen mins. Do three times a week Week 8 Run 30 mins continuously. The result Congratulations! You’re a real runner!

The person that did succeed is the one that failed but was able to get up and continue working towards their goals.

Monthly Support Group for Lap Band and Gastric Bypass Tuesday, Oct 21st @ 6pm Topic: Support Groups: Get ready to Zoomba! Ruby Barba to give a 30 min zoomba class. Wear comfortable clothing/sneakers. All levels of physical activity welcome! Location: 95 Woodland St. Second Floor Hall A Hartford, CT -- Free Parking Available Across from St. Francis Hospital ** Everyone is welcome to the support group meetings. ** The support group is provided by Connecticut Surgeons LLC. For more info, please call (860) 714-7447

Tuesday, September 16th @ 6pm

Monthly Support Group for Lap Band and Gastric Bypass Tuesday, Sept 16th @ 6pm Topic: Dr. Zachary Macinski to present benefits of antioxidants. Be prepared to sample products! 95 Woodland St. Second Floor Hall A Hartford, CT -- Free Parking Available Across from St. Francis Hospital ** Everyone is welcome to the support group meetings. ** The support group is provided by Connecticut Surgeons LLC. For more info, please call (860) 714-7447

Monthly Support Group for Lap Band and Gastric Bypass Tuesday, August 19th @ 6pm Topic: Food - Bring Favorite Recipe! 95 Woodland St. Second Floor Hall A Hartford, CT -- Free Parking Available Across from St. Francis Hospital ** Anyone may come to the support group meetings. ** The support group is provided by Connecticut Surgeons LLC. For more info, please call (860) 714-7447

10 Fitness Facts You Should Know Getting in shape? Learn 10 fitness facts from our fitness advice experts that will help motivate you to get in shape. Fitness Fact 1. Studies have suggested that walking at a brisk pace for three or more hours a week can reduce your risk for coronary heart disease by 65 percent. Fitness Fact 2. About 25 percent of American adults — and an even greater percentage of women — are sedentary. After age 44, upwards of 30 percent of women are sedentary, and by age 65, the proportion increases to almost 35 percent. By the time they reach age 75, about 50 percent of all women are sedentary. Fitness Fact 3. Only about 22 percent of American adults engage in regular, sustained physical activity for at least 30 minutes five times a week, and only 15 percent exercise both regularly and vigorously. Fitness Fact 4. No matter how poor your current level of fitness, you can start an exercise routine and become fitter and healthier. Even 90-year-old women who use walkers have been shown in studies to benefit from light weight training. Fitness Fact 5. Simply adding movement into your daily routine can increase your level of fitness. For example, if you park in the last row of the parking lot and walk briskly five minutes each way between your office and your car, walk up and down the stairs at your office during your 10-minute afternoon coffee break, and walk the dog for 10 minutes when you get home, you've racked up 30 minutes of exercise for the day. Fitness Fact 6. Women with heart disease or arthritis actually experience improved daily function from involvement in various modes of physical activity. Fitness Fact 7. Fitness consists of four components: your body's ability to use oxygen as a source of energy, which translates into cardiovascular fitness; muscular strength and endurance; flexibility; and body composition. Fitness Fact 8. To address all the components of fitness, an exercise program needs to include aerobic exercise, which is continuous repetitive movement of large muscle groups that raises your heart rate; weight lifting or strength training; and flexibility exercises or stretching. Fitness Fact 9. Walking at a brisk pace (a 15-minute mile or 4 mph) burns almost as many calories as jogging for the same distance. The benefit of jogging is that it takes less time to cover the same distance and it benefits the bones; however, it may be too strenuous for some. Fitness Fact 10. It takes about 12 weeks after starting an exercise program to see measurable changes in your body. However, before 12 weeks, you will notice an increase in your strength and endurance. Copyright 2003 National Women's Health Resource Center, Inc.

"The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right." Edward Simmons "Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." Mario Andretti - race car drive "Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up." Anonymous

Keep a food Diary, Lose Twice as Much Weight By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter on 07/08/2008 TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Keeping tabs on what you eat with a food diary can double your weight loss, a new study shows. While the idea of food diaries has been around a long time, this latest research offers more proof they help you shed more poundage, said study co-author Dr. Victor J. Stevens, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, in Portland, Ore. "It's not fun to write down what you eat; it just works," he said. In the study, which is in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, they followed almost 1,700 men and women who were either overweight or obese. The average weight was 212 pounds. The participants attended 20 weekly group meetings and were encouraged to eat about 500 fewer calories a day, to engage in moderate intensity physical activity 30 minutes or more a day, and to follow the low-fat, low-sodium DASH dietary plan, which emphasizes fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy foods. Participants were asked to record daily food intake and their exercise minutes. After 20 weeks, the total average loss was about 13 pounds, Stevens said. But the food record habit predicted success. "The more food records they kept, the more they lost," he said. "Those who kept no food records lost about 9 pounds, and those who kept six or more per week lost about 18 pounds. That's a whopping difference." What's the magic of a food diary? "It makes you accountable to yourself," Stevens said. "They handed in the food diaries, and we took a quick look." Any chance they were fiction? Stevens doesn't think so. "They also got on the scale every week at the meeting. And you can't fake that." Writing down your intake yields clues about where the extra calories are coming from, Stevens explained, and participants said it got easier with time: "The more I got into it, the easier it became to keep track of what I ate every day," Frank Bitzer, 64, a retired project manager for the computer industry who lost 26 pounds, told the study leaders. More information To learn more about a food diary to analyze eating habits, visit the American Academy of Family Physicians. Food Diaries Best Done Right After Meals If you're new to food diaries, here's advice from Dr. Keith Bachman, a weight management specialist at Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute and its Weight Management and Obesity Initiative, in Portland, Ore. Write down your intake (and calories) using whatever method is easiest -- pen and paper, sticky note, an entry in your computer or PDA, even an e-mail to yourself. Aim to write down your food intake after each eating episode; it's typically more accurate than reconstructing the entire day's intake at once. The task of keeping the diary may help you cut down. "Remembering you have to write it down may make you decide you don't need the food," Bachman said.

DESK PILATES… Desk Pilates: Complete Workout Exercise without leaving your desk. Pilate’s instructor Eleanor Gomez demonstrates a simple workout that will help prevent repetitive strain injury, strengthen your spine, and make sitting, working, and playing more comfortable. Just copy and paste: www.bnet.com/2422-13950_23-187243.html Disclaimer: Of course, I wouldn’t recommend doing this if you have a lot of people around you and no office door. I don’t want you getting fired because of Pilates!

** Reminder ** Monthly Support Group for LAP-BAND and Gastric Bypass Tuesday, July 15th @ 6pm 95 Woodland St. Second Floor Hall A Hartford, CT Across from St. Francis Hospital ** Free Parking Available ** For more info, please call (860) 714-7447

Hi poohprecious - 80lbs is my total from July 2007 - Since surgery, I have lost about over 26lbs. I don't drink Optifast anymore but I might buy it again for my Breakfast meal. My weight stats are listed above my weight lose ticker.

Try these places: Family YMCA of Easton, Phillipsburg and Vicinity Find a Meetup Group - Fitness Meetups - Phillipsburg

I notice that too. Keep in mind, its regular users uploading this information for a specific product or food. Not everyone knows how to read labels correctly. I found it better to create your own version with the correct nutrition facts label. Plus this will keep you on your toes and you will always read before you eat. :thumbs_down:

Tips for Maximizing Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass, Lap Band OR REALIZE Band Surgery By Karen Kelly, RD, New Jersey Bariatric Center Portion Control ***Understand the importance of satiety and listen to body’s signals*** Learn the difference between Internal Cues vs. Learned Eating Cues Internal Cues Eating to survive Sweet Cravings [*]Learned Eating Cues Social Eating Mood Eating [*]Train yourself to eat only when internal cues signal you its time Three Principles for Maintaining Satiety Eat enough to fill pouch with each meal Keep pouch filled longer by waiting 30 minutes to drink liquids Add a Protein to each meal Adopt Good Habits Eat Only ( No TV, work, etc) Eat Slowly Chew Well Don’t Drink While Eating Use a Small Plate Measure Out your food ( 4-6 oz first year, 6-8 oz after 1st year) Eat Protein First No liquid Calories No Baby Foods No Blenderized Foods Make Good Health Choices Everyday Power of Protein Body digests it slower and it stays is system longer [*]Value of Veggies Try a new veggie weekly

Eleven Great Ways to Get Motivated to Exercise You know you've got to get moving. You resolve to park the car a few blocks from work, take the stairs, and hit the gym after work. But a few weeks pass and before you know it, parking spots start opening up right in front of the building, the elevator is already in the lobby, and you've worked late every night that week. It's not that you don't know how to get fit, you just can't seem to stay motivated. We all know people who are religious with their workouts. So, what's their secret? We asked fitness experts and regular Joes alike how they stick with their routine. These methods keep them moving; maybe one will work for you. 1. Embarrass Yourself Make a mark on your calendar every time you make it to the gym or park. Seeing your motivation (or lack thereof) in black and white helps keep you going. Suzanne Schlosberg and Liz Neporent, authors of Fitness for Dummies, Second Edition (IDG books Worldwide, Inc., 2000), suggest "whether you write your goals on the side of your shoe or in your training diary, glancing at them on a daily basis will help keep you focused and motivated. Some people tape their goals to their bathroom mirror or refrigerators." Do whatever works to make you remember what you promised yourself. 2. Join a Club That Wouldn't Have You for a Member So you're not Steffi Graf. That doesn't mean you can't join a tennis team. Richard Cotton, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise, says "joining a club, team or finding an exercise partner ... provides a support system and someone to simply share the experience with. Often times just knowing someone will be asking you 'How's it going?' can be the difference between exercise success and failure." 3. Love Thy Neighbor and Love Thyself You can't leave a neighbor standing on the corner checking her watch. She knows where you live. Miriam Nelson, director of the Center for Physical Fitness at Tufts University and the author of Strong Women Stay Young and Strong Women Stay Slim (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999), says, "When I make a date with a neighbor to go for a run I keep it, and we have a great time." She also plans a regular appointment with her neighbors. "Saturday mornings several of my neighbors come over and we lift weights together; it's a great way to start the weekend," she says. 4. Challenge Yourself Working toward an event — like a 5K walk or run, or an overnight bike trip to a faraway bed and Breakfast — keeps you on track. Every time you exercise you'll be closer to meeting your goal. "The minute you mail in your entry fee, you'll have a whole new sense of purpose. And the feeling of accomplishment you get from completing your event is like nothing else," say Schlosberg and Neporent. 5. Dance, Dance, Dance "Music is a fantastic motivator," says Michael Olajide Jr., a former professional boxer and inventor of Aerobox workout routines. "It can push you to do more and to exercise longer, even longer than you planned." Who doesn't get a surge of energy every time they hear their favorite tune? Plus, it's the perfect excuse to get that new CD. 6. Don't Count the Miles "Do not work out to burn calories or lose weight," says Emme, plus-size model, author and columnist. "There are more important things than burning calories taking place during your workout. Newfound self-esteem and stress reduction are just two positive aspects of many that come to mind." If you're always focusing on burning off your morning doughnut, of course exercise seems like a chore. Try exercising for the sake of your health, not your body. 7. Find the Fun Forget about the "no pain, no gain" attitude. "The mind, body and soul connection is very important here, don't forget to have fun," says Emme. Pick an activity you've always loved, like biking or walking outdoors. The more enjoyable it is, the more likely you'll stick with it. 8. Make It a Family Affair "When I go for a run I entice one of my kids to go with me — he or she goes on their bike and I run. It's a great way to be together with my kids," says Miriam Nelson. Who better to egg you on than the ones who love you best! 9. Learn to Love Lycra "Buying snazzy new workout shorts or comfy new cross-trainers can really get you fired up to work out, " say Schlosberg and Neporent. Once you realize how much better the right equipment makes a workout, you'll be loving your sports bra as much as soccer star Brandi Chastain. 10. Dive for Dollars Money is the ultimate motivator. Put a dollar in a jar every time you make it to the gym. At the end of a month, treat yourself to a massage. You'll be at the gym more often than the trainers. 11. It's About Time "My mood motivates me to work out, so timing is everything," says Kathy Kaehler, personal trainer and author. If you aren't up for a workout don't feel guilty about postponing. On the other hand, exercise has been known to improve a bad mood. Work out your aggressions in the gym instead of at home or work. Copyright 1999-2003 The FoodFit Company All Rights Reserved For more tips go to: "All Day Inspiration and Motivation" under Social Group

I know White Plains Hospital Center and The New Image Surgical Weight Loss Center in Dobbs Ferry Hospital in NYS have support meetings if that not far for you.

Monthly Support Group for LAP-BAND and Gastric Bypass Tuesday, July 15th 95 Woodland St. Second Floor Hall A Hartford, CT The meetings are from 6-8pm once a month Anyone may come to the support group meetings. The support group is provided by Connecticut Surgeons LLC. For more info, please call (860) 714-7447